The recall process for therapeutic goods in the Australian healthcare sector is set to become streamlined with GS1 Recallnet Healthcare having gone live. Developed over four years by GS1 Australia in association with the National E-Health ...
An alliance that helps developing nations said it will support vaccination of 1.5 million girls in Rwanda, Uganda and Uzbekistan against cervical cancer. The GAVI Alliance, which brings together developing country and donor governments, ...
Qiagen has announced the commercial launch in India of its careHPV test, the only molecular diagnostic for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) designed to screen women in settings with limited healthcare infrastructure, such as areas ...
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Improving access to pediatric check-ups may increase parental awareness of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, a new nationwide study reveals. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that infects about 14 million people aged 15 to 59 years ...
Tags: HPV Vaccine, cancer, well-child checkup, US population
Clinical trials investigating new uses for the anti-cancer drug Avastin have produced mixed results. When combined with standard chemotherapy, Avastin extended the survival of patients with advanced cervical cancer by nearly four months, ...
MONDAY Jan.27,2014,2014--Doctors have a vital role in increasing the number of girls and young women who get a vaccine that helps protect them against cervical cancer,according to a new study. Despite calls by experts for universal human ...
Tags: Hpv Vaccination, HPV, Medicine
Few people realize how effective the vaccines against HPV (human papillomavirus) are for preventing cervical cancer, and even fewer talk about the vaccine with their doctors, according to a survey of more than 1,400 people. "From previous ...
Tags: human papillomavirus, vaccines against HPV, cervical cancer
The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix [Human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18) vaccine, recombinant] as a two-dose schedule for girls aged 9 to 14. ...
Tags: cervical cancer vaccine, Medicine
Roche announced has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of four additional specimen types with the cobas CT/NG v2.0 test to help physicians diagnose Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria ...
Inovio Pharmaceuticals has announced that preclinical testing of a DNA synthetic vaccine for the virulent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS) induced robust and durable immune responses, demonstrating the potential for a ...
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Hologic, a manufacturer of diagnostic and medical imaging systems, has obtained Health Canada approval for its Aptima HPV assay for use on the company's fully automated Panther system. Aptima HPV assay has been designed to detect ...
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Hologic, a manufacturer of diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Aptima HPV 16 18/45 genotype assay for use on the company's fully ...
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A claim filed by two sisters for injuries suffered from injections of the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil will be heard in federal court in Washington. Madelyne Meylor, 20, and Olivia Meylor, 19, of Mount Horeb, Wis., allege that ...
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British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has submitted a marketing authorisation application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix [Human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18) vaccine, ...
Tags: Cervarix, Schedule Application
Hologic's Aptima HPV assay has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use on its fully-automated Panther system, enabling laboratories to run multiple tests from a single specimen. A nucleic acid amplified ...
Tags: Panther System, Aptima HPV Assay